That was Mayor Gregor Robertson’s message yesterday, but there was more good news in a recent assessment of Translink’s efficiency gains by Victoria transportation analyst Todd Litman.

As Burnaby News Leader reporter Jeff Nagel wrote yesterday, Litman’s review of Translink’s costs found it was more efficient that most North American cities and can compare itself to transit veterans like Chicago and San Francisco. What’s more, transit riders themselves are bearing 55 percent of Translink’s costs with fares, a higher share than most other jurisdictions.

Geoff Meggs was elected to City Council in November 2008 on the Vision Vancouver team led by Gregor Robertson. He lives with his wife, Jan O’Brien in a False Creek town house. They have two adult daughters. READ MORE